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About The Piece

Nain is a small town some 70 Km. away from the historical cityof Isfahan where they adopted the art of carpet weaving aroundthe turn of the century.They are regarded as some of the finest quality using fine wooland silk, woven onto very fine cotton warp and weft.One can distinguish how fine the Nain carpets are by countingthe number of layers in a thread in one of the fringes of thecarpet . The quality is classified as 6La and 9La, where "La" infarsi( Iranian language) means layer. The lower the number thefiner and higher density the knots .The designs are generally taken from the beautiful blue andwhite tiled mosques. Silk is often used in the outlines to give amore luxurious and to enhance the decoration.